MUSICIAN

Orhan Gencebay

1944 - Today

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Orhan Gencebay (born 4 August 1944) is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor. Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on 4 August 1944. He is of Crimean Tatar descent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orhan Gencebay has received more than 161,015 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Orhan Gencebay is the 851st most popular musician (up from 907th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 894th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Orhan Gencebay ranks 851 out of 3,175. Before him are Son House, Zino Francescatti, Berry Gordy, Tor Aulin, Bobbejaan Schoepen, and Nikolai Noskov. After him are Herman Rarebell, Eric Ericson, Michael Brecker, Angélique Kidjo, Nicanor Zabaleta, and Roy Buchanan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Orhan Gencebay ranks 322. Before him are Klaus Fichtel, Raymond Moody, Kevin Ayers, Momčilo Perišić, Takeshi Ono, and José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán. After him are Günter Verheugen, Thom Mayne, Gregory Jarvis, Connie Booth, Bruno Platter, and Yoshitada Yamaguchi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Orhan Gencebay ranks 762 out of 1,347. Before him are Jan Rustem (1762), Jacob of Nisibis (300), Deniz Baykal (1938), Maria Komnene (1152), Onesiphorus (50), and Stephen Lekapenos (901). After him are Mkrtich Khrimian (1820), Ghevont Alishan (1820), Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (1145), Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria (1134), Zeno of Tarsus (-250), and Hulusi Akar (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Orhan Gencebay ranks 6. Before him are Barış Manço (1943), Joe Strummer (1952), İdil Biret (1941), Ahmet Ertegun (1923), and Âşık Veysel (1894). After him are Arif Mardin (1932), Selda Bağcan (1948), Fazıl Say (1970), Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957), Şehrazat (1952), and Ayla Erduran (1934).

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